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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198711727

ISBN-139780198711728

eBay Product ID (ePID)1647257

Product Key Features

Number of Pages166 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameShakespeare's Dramatic Genres

SubjectShakespeare, General

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Drama

SeriesOxford Shakespeare Topics Ser.

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN99-048533

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Witty and accessible in style, broad in range but with no sacrifice of depth, equally attuned to the theatrical practice and the literary theory of Shakespeare's time, apt in its modern comparisons...; in every respect...it can be warmly recommended to both playgoers and students at every level.... Danson has produced the best book on the subject of Shakespeare and dramatic genre since Madeleine Doran's Endeavors of Art, a dazzling study published in 1954. Perhaps we are witnessing the beginning of a long overdue return to formal and aesthetic concerns in Shakespearean criticism."--Jonathan Bate, Times Literary Supplement"Presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey of the ways in which thinking about genres has dominated the interpretation of the plays... easily accessible to the layman."--Virginia Quarterly Review, 'Danson presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey ofthe ways in which thinking about genres had dominated the interpretation of theplays. In a book that is easily accessible to the layman, he forces us toreconsider the meaning of the traditional categories.'The Virginia Quarterly Review, englightening arguments with distinguished predecessors ... gives a briefand witty summary of modern genre theory ... vivid sense of Shakespeare's plays... scholarly sense and theatrical sensibility. Tom Deveson, Around the Globe,Jan 01., 'Danson presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey of the ways in which thinking about genres had dominated the interpretation of the plays. In a book that is easily accessible to the layman, he forces us to reconsider the meaning of the traditional categories.'The Virginia Quarterly Reviewenglightening arguments with distinguished predecessors ... gives a brief and witty summary of modern genre theory ... vivid sense of Shakespeare's plays ... scholarly sense and theatrical sensibility. Tom Deveson, Around the Globe, Jan 01., Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly., 'Danson presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey of the ways in which thinking about genres had dominated the interpretation of the plays. In a book that is easily accessible to the layman, he forces us to reconsider the meaning of the traditional categories.'The Virginia Quarterly Review, "Witty and accessible in style, broad in range but with no sacrifice of depth, equally attuned to the theatrical practice and the literary theory of Shakespeare's time, apt in its modern comparisons...; in every respect...it can be warmly recommended to both playgoers and students at every level.... Danson has produced the best book on the subject of Shakespeare and dramatic genre since Madeleine Doran's Endeavors of Art, a dazzling study published in 1954. Perhaps we are witnessing the beginning of a long overdue return to formal and aesthetic concerns in Shakespearean criticism."--Jonathan Bate, Times Literary Supplement "Presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey of the ways in which thinking about genres has dominated the interpretation of the plays... easily accessible to the layman."--Virginia Quarterly Review, englightening arguments with distinguished predecessors ... gives a brief and witty summary of modern genre theory ... vivid sense of Shakespeare's plays ... scholarly sense and theatrical sensibility. Tom Deveson, Around the Globe, Jan 01., "Witty and accessible in style, broad in range but with no sacrifice of depth, equally attuned to the theatrical practice and the literary theory of Shakespeare's time, apt in its modern comparisons...; in every respect...it can be warmly recommended to both playgoers and students at every level.... Danson has produced the best book on the subject of Shakespeare and dramatic genre since Madeleine Doran'sEndeavors of Art, a dazzling study published in 1954. Perhaps we are witnessing the beginning of a long overdue return to formal and aesthetic concerns in Shakespearean criticism."--Jonathan Bate,Times Literary Supplement "Presents an interesting, useful, and often entertaining, survey of the ways in which thinking about genres has dominated the interpretation of the plays... easily accessible to the layman."--Virginia Quarterly Review

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal822.3/3

Table Of ContentNote on TextsThe Genres in TheoryThe Genres StagedMr William Shakespeare's ComediesHistoryTragedyEpilogueNotesFurther ReadingIndex

SynopsisOxford Shakespeare Topics provides students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subject. Notes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested reader with the means to broaden research. The history of the genres, or kinds, of drama is one of contradictory traditions and complex cultural assumptions. The divisions established by the original edition of Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (the First Folio, 1623) give shape to whole curricula; but, as Lawrence Danson reminds us in this lively book, there is nothing inevitable, and much unsatisfying, about that tripartite scheme. Yet students of Shakespeare cannot avoid thinking about questions of genre; often they are the unspoken reason why classrooms full of smart people fail to agree on basic interpretative issues. Danson's guide to the kinds of Shakespearian drama provides an accessible account of genre-theory in Shakespeare's day, an overview of the genres on the Elizabethan stage, and a provocative look at the full range of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies., Oxford Shakespeare Topics (General Editors Peter Holland and Stanley Wells) provide students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship, including some general anthologies relating to Shakespeare. Students of Shakespeare cannot avoid questions of genre, or literary kinds. Often they are the reason why smart people fail to agree on basic interpretative issues. Danson's lively guide to the kinds of Shakespearian drama provides a history of genre-theory in Shakespeare's day, an overview of the genres on the Elizabethan stage, and a provocative look at the full range of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, The history of genres, or kinds, of drama is one of contradictory traditions and complex cultural assumptions. The divisions established by the original edition of Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (the First Folio, 1623) give shape to whole curricula; but, as Lawrence Danson reminds us in this lively book, there is nothing inevitable, and much unsatisfying, about that tripartite scheme. Yet students of Shakespeare cannot avoid thinking about questions of genre; often they are the unspoken reason why classrooms full of smart people fail to agree on basic interpretive issues. Danson's guide to the kinds of Shakespearean drama provides an accessible account of genre-theory in Shakespeare's day, an overview of the genres on the Elizabethan stage, and a provocative look at the full range of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.

LC Classification NumberPR2995.D36 2000